Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic - The Essays of Jan Ellen Lewis

"One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays defined the emerging fields of gender and emotions history and reframed traditional understandings of the founding fathers and the U.S. Constitution. This book collects thirteen of Lewis's most important essays. Distinguished scholars shed light on the historical and historiographical contexts in which Lewis and her peers researched, wrote, and argued. But the real star of this volume is Lewis herself: confident, unconventional, erudite, and deeply imaginative"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jan Ellen Lewis (1949-2018) was professor of history at Rutgers-Newark University, where she also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The author of multiple books and articles on gender, race, and politics in the early republic, she served as the 36th president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jan Ellen Lewis
• Mitarbeit: Barry Bienstock (Herausgeber), Annette Gordon-Reed (Herausgeber), Peter Onuf (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of North Carolina
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781469665634
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-6563-4
• Seiten: 400
• Serie: Published by the Omohundro Ins
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges